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Beer sellers: City Beer Store, San Francisco ABV: 7% Origin: Healdsburg, California, USA Website: http://www.bearrepublic.com/ Bear Republic Racer 5 India Pale Ale The fame of Northern California’s Sonoma County is now second only to neighbouring Napa among wine lovers, but the area round Healdsburg was once hop growing country, a fact which father […] Great British Beer Festival 2010 ABV: 12.5% Origin: San Marcos, California, USA Website: www.portbrewing.com Port Older Viscosity Port Brewing is one of the leading lights of West Coast craft brewing, particularly for the Lost Abbey series of special beers created by its head brewer Tomme Arthur. At GBBF, Older Viscosity was labelled a […] First published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK. See previous post for more beers from the USA. ABV: 5.6 per cent Origin: San Francisco, California, USA Website www.anchorbrewing.com Anchor Porter The Anchor brewery of San Francisco has a special significance both […] Originally published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK ABV: 5.6 per cent Origin: Chico, California, USA Website: www.sierranevada.com Sierra Nevada Pale Ale With 4 July imminent, I’m raising a toast to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness with a trio […] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 7.3% Origin: Santa Rosa, California, USA Website: www.russianriverbrewing.com Russian River Temptation Barrel Aged Ale My first encounter with a US brewpub was a fortuitous one. When I first crossed the Atlantic some years back, it was to San Francisco, but rather than head straight for the city we first […] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 10% Origin: San Marcos, California, USA Website: www.portbrewing.com Port Old Viscosity Ale Port Brewing has its origins in the Pizza Port restaurant founded by Vince and Gina Marsaglia at Solana Beach, California, one of the pioneers of the craft-beer-and-pizza formula now found throughout the USA. The original Pizza Port […] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 9.4% Origin: Fort Bragg, California, USA Website: www.northcoastbrewing.com North Coast Brother Thelonious Belgian style abbey ale There are multiple puns in the name and marketing of Brother Thelonious, a Belgian-inspired strong abbey ale that is indeed connected to a monk. The monk in question is, however, not […] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 12% Origin: San Diego, California, USA Website: www.alesmith.com AleSmith Speedway Stout AleSmith brewery, based in the naval city of San Diego in southern California, emerged like many US craft breweries from the home brewing movement and has established itself as one of the most appreciated producers of big, strong […] |
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